Manuel Antonio Tour: Wildlife and Beach Exploration

Discover the incredible biodiversity and stunning beaches of Manuel Antonio National Park. Book now for a once-in-a-lifetime experience!

Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Manuel Antonio National Park - This activity involves a leisurely and pleasant 2.2-kilometer walk along a gravel and sandy trail near the beach, with a focus on spotting as much wildlife as possible. The emphasis is on wildlife observation, nature photography, sharing updated nature information, and recounting stories gathered in the field….
What's Included
  • Local guide
  • Digiscoping
  • Spotting scope
What's Not Included
  • Admission fees
  • Parking lot fee if driving, no included. Suggested one $10
Additional Information

This is a once-in-a-lifetime experience, as Manuel Antonio National Park boasts an incredibly stunning biodiversity, some of the finest beaches, hiking trails, and family vacation opportunities in the country.
The park’s rich biodiversity often remains hidden through camouflage, meaning that while animals are present, they are not easily spotted without…

Location
Business close to the national park
Manuel Antonio National Park entrance, out of the mean gate, and at the big photo sign between park entrance and San Bada Hotel
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Duncan_m
Jan 20, 2026
Enjoyable nature walk at Manuel Antonio. - We had a nice walk in this busy park with Albin, we found many creatures and chatted along the way about wildlife and life in Costa Rica. We got some great pictures and Albin was great with our kids too. Very happy we got a guide. It’s a bit of a chaotic scene leading up to the park, and those on the park without a guide were often looking but not seeing all the wildlife. Worthwhile for us and a nice time. Hot though at 1pm… maybe go early if you can.
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Taanglin
Jan 12, 2026
Excellent Guided Tour! - Andrew was an excellent guide! He was very informative and spotted tons of wildlife that we never would have seen on our own! He provided us with photos at the end of the tour. We enjoyed our time with him very much. Highly recommend this tour! If you do this park without a guide, you will definitely be missing out.
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Susanne
Jan 3, 2026
Enjoyed the guide more than the park itself. - We had a couple of really nice and interesting hours in the company of our guide Bruce. He was really knowledgeable and we learned a lot about the flora and fauna of Costa Rica. He found many different animals and was really helpful with taking pictures using his cool telescope. The park itself seems rather touristy - I’m not really sure what we expected, but I think we were surprised by the amount of people in a quite limited space - every time an animal was spotted, everyone was gathering around - just like the paparazzis😉
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Monica_o
Jan 1, 2026
Get the tour, you won’t regret it! - Beautiful place! Our guide was super nice and knowledgeable. We could t see many animals, but it was hot.
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318sadief
Dec 31, 2025
Best tour ever - Kevin ( K-DAWG ) was SUPER CHILL!!! He showed us so many animals including lizards, snakes, sloths, monkeys, frogs, Toucans, and Agoutis!!!! This man has seen every animal in the park except jaguars and he is okay with that. Kevin was super informative respectful and chill. I highly recommend booking this tour and requesting Kevin if you want a highly educated and informative tour guide. Would 100% book again
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Elena_r
Dec 30, 2025
Educational and fun experience! - We had a good experience in Manuel Antonio National Park with our guide Berny. He is knowledgeable, friendly, and passionate about the wildlife and nature in the park. Thanks to him, we spotted animals we never would have seen on our own, and he shared fascinating information throughout the tour. Highly recommend touring the park with him!
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Willow_j
Dec 29, 2025
Skilled tour guide, memorable tour in Manuel Antonio Park - We had a wonderful, memorable time on our 2 hr tour! Andrea was very knowledgeable and skilled at finding animals, insects and plants for us to see! Very well worth doing the tour! Our family enjoyed it!!
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Hazel_g
Dec 29, 2025
Our guide went out of his... - Our guide went out of his way to make sure we saw every critter he could find. There was ample time to see everything.
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Nadine_f
Dec 25, 2025
Not to be missed! - Highly recommend this tour. The company was very responsive throughout the booking process and sent clear instructions prior to the tour. The group was 10 people. Andrea was our tour guide, and she was simply fantastic. We participated in several tours while in CR and by far Andrea was the best guide. She was enthusiastic, friendly, highly knowledgeable and shared so much information about the flora and fauna as well as the wildlife. We learned so much. To top it all off, we saw so much wildlife, thanks to her keen eyes (4 sloths, snakes, monkeys, lizards, birds, crabs, iguanas). She took amazing pictures and video with her scope and shared those with us after the tour. The tour is a gentle walk through Manuel Antonio for about 2 hours and ends at the beach. Recommend exiting the park through a different trail (which Andrea recommended). We saw so much more wildlife in that portion of the park and the views were spectacular. Highly recommend this company for a guided tour of Manuel Antonio.
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Sridhar_n
Jan 2, 2026
Beautiful beaches, nothing more - It felt like a tourist trap with crowded pathways and not much wildlife or anything to see except the beaches at the end of thr trip. Our guide was not making any attempts to spot any wildlife and following other guides and was in a rush to finish off the trip. The Manuel Antonio beaches were really beautiful and we got to relax for some time on a secluded beach.
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From $28
up to 15 guests
2 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).